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    Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

    What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of legitimacy. Taliban leaders have pledged to leave Chinese interests alone and not to harbor anti-China extremist groups.
    by Emily Feng Aug 23, 2021 3 minutes
    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tianjin, China, on July 28.

    BEIJING — America's two-decade presence in Afghanistan has always been a mixed bag for neighboring China.

    "On the one hand, [China] didn't love the fact that there [were] American military bases literally on their border in Afghanistan," says Raffaello Pantucci, a fellow with the Royal United Services Institute, a security think tank in the United Kingdom. "On the other hand, you know, they thought, well, at least someone is dealing with the issues there. And we don't have to."

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